McGrath, you are correct regarding my use of "Lepur" which was uncalled for... funny, I thought, but uncalled for. Anything for a joke, in my book. I see, however, by Lupus Rex's last post that he still insists on false insinuation.

Bad guys = guys with AK's. I saw an interview with one of the troops who said he fired at "guys with rifles" and estimated there were about 25 of them. Doesn't sound like civilians throwing rocks to me. Sounds like a bunch of cowards amongst a crowd of civilians with much less disregard for the safety of those civilians than the troops. Anyway, until "all the facts are known", I tend to side with the troops because I cannot believe that such a well trained and disciplined force would fire on innocent, unarmed civilians.

I agree they should not have accepted the offer of use of the school. That was an error in judgement, both "politically" and strategically.